Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson poll taken yesterday also shows that more than half of the 219 undergraduates and graduates selected at random and interviewed by telephone said they opposed the creation of a Harvard sponsored Third World center that would serve primarily minority students. Only 36 per cent of those interviewed said they had read Bok's eight-page letter, distributed Friday...
...letter stressed the importance of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions, maintaining that the creation of a diverse student body and the recognition of the "unusual opportunities" minority students have to make a contribution to society are important goals for the University...
...University recently announced the creation of a professorship that will link the fields of business, labor and government. It also announced the formation of a committee in Australia to nominate candidates for the five-year-old visiting professorship of Australian studies...
...since the nation has seemingly run out of substitute ideas to right the economy. In the most forceful part of his speech, the President posed these questions for his critics: "Have they an alternative which offers a greater chance of balancing the budget, reducing and eliminating inflation, stimulating the creation of jobs and reducing the tax burden? And if they haven't, are they suggesting we can continue on the present course without coming to a day of reckoning?" For the moment the answer to both questions clearly is no, and it is a powerful argument for accepting Reagan...
...toughest obstacle may be whether Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge can come to any agreement on the creation of a united insurgence force. Sihanouk and Khmer Rouge Leader Khieu Samphan will meet this week in Pyongyang, North Korea, to begin negotiations. But Sihanouk told TIME last week that he doubts there can be much immediate progress in what for him remains a very distasteful undertaking. Said he: "Personally, I do not like to cooperate with the Khmer Rouge. They have killed many of my compatriots, my children, my grandchildren, and my in-laws. It is terrible to have to cooperate...